Questions Inc @ Gargi College (12 Feb 2015)

AAM AADMI ka QUIZ
by Questions Inc.
Venue: Gargi College (Univ. of Delhi)
Date: 12 Feb 2015

Research Team of Questions Inc.
ANURAG MISHRA
PRIYA SAXENA
ABHISHEK PRATAP
ANSHUL CHAUDHARY

23 Questions, 25 Points
3 starred
2 double starred

_____ was the only female invitee in the Brahma-Yagna performed by Janak, the King
of Videha (father of Sita). During that yajna, she had a debate with sage Yajnavalkya on
several subjects including the soul or 'atman' and proved her supremacy by defeating
the most eminent sage of that time. Along with Ghosha, Lopamudra and Maitreyee,
_____ is considered one of the 4 female pillars of Vedic wisdom.

Khushwant Singh had once referred to him as "our own Art Buchwald ". His post 9/11
creation is a super-hero signifying the military might and muscle of a country. But
what makes him lethal is the wit he matches with that of the head of that state.
Who and what?

In November 1970, the former French president Charles de Gaulle died in his home
village of Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, due to ruptured blood vessel eight days after a
disaster in a nightclub, the Club Cinq-Sept fire, which caused the death of 146 people.
The magazine released a cover spoofing the popular press's coverage of this disaster,
headlined “Tragic Ball at Colombey, one dead." As a result, the weekly was banned.
Name the weekly & it’s other name.

What kind of acting technique is this?

It’s a device that attaches to a computer to control access to a particular application
and provides the most effective means of copy protection. Typically, the device
attaches to a PC's parallel port. While on Macintoshes, it sometimes attaches to
the ADB port. Because the device passes through all data coming through the port, it
does not prevent the port from being used for other purposes. In fact, it's possible to
attach several such devices to the same port. What device is being talked about here?

‘X’ is a Pakistani political party that was founded by rights activist from Gujranwala
Arslan Ul Mulk and recognized by Election Commission of Pakistan on 1 January 2014, as
published on The List of Political Parties as enlisted on ECP's record and aims to stand on
anti-corruption issues. Briefly detained on 3 February under Maintenance of Public
Order Ordinance, Mr. Mulk has embarked on a series of Hunger Strike Camps in various
cities across Pakistan.

Although most followers of this religion were atheistic though,
there were some important theistic figures as well. Only Shiva and
Vishnu however appear to be the gods of the followers. The major
pieces of literature of this religion are Divyam, Autpatam and
Bhaumam. This was a system of ancient Indian philosophy and
an ascetic movement of the Mahajanapada period in the Indian
subcontinent. It was primarily a heterodox Indian (Nāstika) system.
The subscribers may simply have been a more loosely-organized
group of wandering ascetics. Some of its prominent figures
were Makkhali Gosala and Sanjaya Belatthaputta. It reached the
height of its popularity during the rule of Mauryan emperor
Bindusara around 4th century B.C. Which religion?

This Ruskin Bond novel is set in 1857. The mutiny is on and
the family of a British officer who got killed, escapes. In a
twist of events they land in a feudal chieftain, Javed Khan’s,
home. Javed begins liking Ruth, the daughter of the officer,
and wants to marry her. But is opposed bitterly by her
mother, Miriam. As the novel ends both Miriam and Ruth
reach England safely. While Javed is killed as the British
forces overcame the Indian mutineers.
This novel was adapted for the silver screen by an ace
director in 1979. The following year the film won both, the
Filmfare and the National award, for best film.
Which classic?

Time scale: From the 20th century to now. Connect the following.
-James Garfield
-Herbert Hoover
-Gerald Ford
-George H. W. Bush
-Bill Clinton
-Barack Obama

The 23 minute pilot was called The ______ Chronicles and was made for the NBC. The
show later went on air but now it was called simply ______. It was a semi-fictional
version of it’s lead actor’s life. The show predates Friends and influenced it in several
ways. Which show am I talking about?

______ an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour
of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala. Even a short poem written to
mourn the death of a friend can be called _____. Thus, Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem
'In Memoriam' can rightly be called _____. The sub-parts of _____ are called Noha and
Soz which means lamentation and burning of heart respectively. FITB.

Following are a few facts about a great personality…
-He was brand ambassador for Louis Vuitton.
-He starred in a Pizza Hut commercial once.
-Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.
-Founder of Green Cross International.
Who?

An article in India Today describes the term-
“The term _____ came from Bhim, who was the king of Mahim province in Mumbai.
[…] Whenever he had to assign a difficult task, he would call a meeting at his Mahim
fort where warriors used to be given a sumptuous feast. After the feast, a plate
containing a betel leaf would be placed in the middle of the gathering and the man who
picked the leaf was entrusted with the difficult task…”
Which term is described here?

According to him, the song is about expressing and conveying feelings of love "eye to
eye". The video of "Eye to Eye" features him, with his long curly hair locks, dressed in a
white suit with matching white shoes, in a white background with white furniture,
where he sings about "sensational eyes, emotional eyes, colourful eyes, exciting eyes,
fabulous eyes, spectrum eyes, human eyes, my eyes, your eyes...".
Identify this funny man!

Historian and author Philip Orbanes wrote in 2004 that it is believed that the character
is based on either the calling cards of Albert Edward Richardson (Parker Brother’s first
travelling salesman), the character of “Little Esky” from Esquire magazine, or a
combination of the two. Orbanes later wrote in 2006 that the character was also
partially influenced by the stature and dress of financier and banker J. P. Morgan.
What am I talking about?

DESTROY THIS MAD BRUTE - a famous World War I recruitment
poster from 1917. While England and France were depicted as
“civilization,” Germany was shown as a “mad brute” — here, a
giant, drooling gorilla wielding the club of German culture and
carrying the limp, half-naked body of a woman. It became the
center point of a controversy in April 2008 as it became an
inspiration for a famous photo shoot involving 2 superstars of
their respective fields.

Lebron and Gisele Bündchen
Lebron became the first black man on the cover of Vogue.
But the image stirred up controversy, with some
commentators decrying the photo as perpetuating racial
stereotypes. It's an image some have likened to King
Kong and Fay Wray that it conjures up this idea of a
dangerous black man.

Who is being challenged here and what is being endorsed?

अगर वह अपनी छाती पर एक कील
गाड़ने दे तो सोचता हूँ--
उस भखे लड़के की देह पर
एक तख़्ती लटका दूँ ।
"यह 'संसद' है--
यहाूँ शोर करना सख्त मना है ।
The lines were written by a famous extremist Hindi poet who died a young death. A
known alcoholic for years was known for his brave poems which seldom followed the
poetic grammar and unmasked the hypocrisies of his times. In 2006 the BJP raised an
objection in the parliament on one his radical poems, "Mochiram", in the NCERT
Hindi textbooks, which, subsequently, was replaced by one of his other poems –
"Ghar Main Wapsi". Who?

September 20th, 1973
Houston, Texas
Shortly before the match, She entered the Astrodome in Cleopatra style, carried aloft
in a chair held by four bare-chested muscle men dressed in the style of ancient slaves.
And then He followed in a rickshaw drawn by a bevy of scantily-clad models.
Opening of what?

“I shall hunt them down, one at a time until all they can see around them are the bodies
of their treacherous brothers. But I’ll spare some of them, twelve of them to be exact
and display them to the world as a prize.. A species endangered, soon to be extinct and
destines to bite the dust like the rest.”
Who is the speaker and what is he talking about?

She graduated from LSR. In 1973 she was to model for
DCM’s towel campaign. But overnight the campaign
hoardings and other form of advertisements were
brought down. This was because she got engaged to a
high profile person.
Who is she?

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Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alaynā is a traditional Islamic song known as ‘X’ and is arguably the
oldest song in the Islamic culture as old as 1400 years. It was sung to Prophet
Muhammad PBUH upon his arrival at Yathrib after completing the Hijra in 622 of the
Common Era. ‘Daff’ were also played with the song enhancing the effect of music.
Although the Qur’an, the Hadith and other Islamic traditions prohibit singing of ‘X’,
they are very popular throughout the world. What kind of songs are ‘X’?

There is one common name blacked out. It is an initiative which began publishing
classics of Indian literature started in January 2015. The books, which are in dual-
language format with the original language and English facing, are published
by Harvard University Press. Started by the son of an entrepreneur. Who?

Murty Classical Library started by Rohan Murty

It was probably the first social marketing campaign of free India, which kick started during
the 60s. But the name suggested for it had to be changed because the then President of
the INC, K. Kamraj Nadar, had a similar name. The name which was finally accepted came
from a student of IIM. It took sometime, as the 70s came, for the campaign to take off. The
concerning industry which came up due to it became the biggest of it’s kind in the
following decades. Which govt. campaign, before Amul gave India another success story,
can you think of?

Talimeren’s father’s last wish from him was to become a doctor and serve the Naga
people. He became one. Once, the British principal of the Carmichael Medical College,
where he studied, granted him a year’s leave on account of his duties to serve India
during 1947-48 . On the sports field the doctor lead team India in a first. What?

He captained the Indian football side on it’s first
appearance at the Summer Olympics in 1948

Surendra Mohan Pathak is a prominent name of Indian
pulp fiction. Vimal, Sudhir & Sunil are his most famous
protagonists & their series have been hugely successful.
Pathak on several occasions has lifted plots directly from
James Hardly Chase and Mario Puzo novels. But he can be
credited of giving the Indian underworld it’s own identity,
especially a new name which has gained currency over the
years. How did he address the underworld in his novels?

Recalling his 1974 family holiday to Amarnath, in an interview to Barkha Dutt, Zubin
Mehta told how he woke his son up to listen to a violin piece played by Mehli Mehta,
Zubin’s father. The tune was composed by Walter Kauffman. Which famous tune was he
referring to?

"X" is a phrase that was often used by public address announcers following his concerts
to disperse audiences who lingered in hopes of an encore. The phrase has since become
a popular culture catchphrase and punch line, used to refer to anyone who has exited in
some sense. For instance, it might be used when someone makes a dramatic exit, such
as at the end of an argument, partly to relieve tension among those who remain.

Ae aaftaab! Rooh-o-rawaan-e-jahaan hai tuu
Shiraazaa band-e-daftar-e-kaun-o-makaan hai tuu
Baais hai tuu wajood-o-aadam ki namood ka
Hai sabz terey dam se chaman hast-o-bood ka
Qaayam yeh ansaaron ka tamaashaa tujhi se hai
Har shai mein zindagi ka taqaazaa tujhi se hai
Har shai ko teri jalwaagari se sabaat hai
Tera yeh soz-o-saaz saraapa hayaat hai
Woh aaftaab jis se zamaane mein noor hai
Dil hai, khird hai, rooh-e-rawaan hai, shaoor hai
Ae aaftaab! Hum ko zia-e-shaoor de
Chasm-e-khird ko apni tajjaali se noor de
Hai mehfil-e-wajood ka saamaan taraaz tuu
Yazdaan-e-sakinaan-e-nashaib-o-faraaz tuu
Tera kamaal har hasti-e-har jaandaar mein
Teri namood silsilaa-e-kohsaar mein
Har cheez ki hayaat ka parwardigaar tuu
Zaaidgaan-e-noor ka hai taajdaar tuu
Nahi ibtedaa koi, na koi intehaa teri
Azaad-e-quaid-e-awwal-o-aakhir zia teri
What you read is ‘Aaaftab’ by Allama Iqbal. It’s an Urdu translation, from Sanskrit, of?

The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a US scientific research station at
the Geographic South Pole . Summer Season is about three months, from November
15th to February 15th. During the summer, there are about 160 people living, the
temperature is around -18F, and the sun shines 24/7. During the winter, which is Feb
15th to Nov 15th, 50 people live there, the temperature gets down to -100F, and it is
dark all the time. Wintering-over presents notorious dangers and stresses, as the station
population is almost totally isolated. An annual tradition is a double feature viewing of
‘X’ (a 1982 horror film set in Antarctica) once everybody has arrived and ‘Y’ (a 1980
horror film about an isolated winter caretaker) after the last flight has left for the winter.
ID both.

The 22nd Amendment of the constitution of the United States of America was passed by
the Congress in 1947 and ratified by the requisite number of states in 1951. What
important change did it bring in American Politics?

Restriction of two terms as US President

ID the cricketer to make his acting debut from this movie

As part of branding, all these companies have been at some time on top of a famous
red cap. Where?

Anjan Srivastav, though a student of acting, had a hard task master on the sets of his
first big break, a TV serial. He had to play a role inspired by an iconic character. And
therefore the person who was directing Anjan on the set was the creator of the
character himself. The original program had only 13 episodes. But later a spin-off came
out too. Name the creator and his most iconic creation which made Anjan and his
character a household name.

RK Laxman worked with Anjan on the sets to make Wagle a relaity

A ___________ is a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost,
particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. The term
derives from the story that the kings of Siam were accustomed to make a present of
one of these ____________ to courtiers who had rendered themselves obnoxious in
order to ruin the recipient by the cost of its maintenance. In modern usage, it is an
object, scheme, business venture, facility, etc., considered without use or value.
FITB

If legends were to be believed, the debate between Adi
Sankara and Xwent on for 21 days and X’s wife, who was
the judge, decided in favour of Adi Sankara. Hence X
became his disciple, took the name Suresvaracharya, the
first head of Sringeri Mutt, one of the four Mutts
established by Adi Sankara. The loss of X, is regarded as
the reason why Buddhism was uprooted almost completely
from the North India and pretty much from the whole of
India, the land of its genesis. Identify this great Hindu
philosopher, who wrote on the Mīmāmsā
and Advaita systems of thought and practised Karma
Mimansa all his life.

This is a tweet by Keith Flett, founder of a British Interest Group X advising Hashim
Amla as he approached his triple hundred at 2012 Oval test match against England.
The group presents an award at the end of the year, previous winners for which have
been Andrew Flintoff, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Zach De la Rocha of Rage Against
the Machines, Andrew Symonds and Mutthiah Muralitharan.

Beard Liberation Front campaigns in support of
beards and opposes discrimination against
those who oppose them

The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 British-American neo-
noir film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan
Coen. Billy Bob Thornton stars in the title role. Roderick
Jaynes, the editor of the film described by The Coens as a
cantankerous British chap whose in his late 80s or early 90s
had come up with the title. In probably his only interview
with The Guardian in 2001 he says "my musings on their
personal vacuity bore me to what I thought was not a bad
title for their film: "The Man Who Wasn't There". Absolutely,
not a bad title considering ‘he’ came up with it. Why?

Roderick Jaynes is a fictional person!

Antonio X (1644 – 18 December 1737) was an Italian crafter of string instruments. He is
considered the most significant and greatest artisan in this field. The Latinized form of
his surname is often used to refer to his instruments. It is estimated that he made
1,000 to 1,100 instruments and that around 650 of these instruments survive. An ‘X’
made in the 1680s, or during his "Long Pattern" period from 1690 to 1700, could be
worth hundreds of thousands to several million U.S. dollars at today's prices. It is
rumored that one X belonging to Napoleon was sold in 2010 at $3,600,000. Vice
magazine reported in May 2013 that "in recent years, ‘X’ investment funds have started
to appear, pushing already astronomical prices even higher.”
Name ‘X’, which has also become a superlative often associated with excellence; to be
called "the X" of any field is to be deemed the finest there is.

Surname is Stradvari and the term is Stradivarius

A term was coined by critic Nino Frank in 1946, but was rarely used by film makers,
critics or fans. The classic era of such cinema is usually dated to a period between the
early 1940s and the late 1950s. Typically American crime dramas or psychological
thrillers, they had a number of common themes, plot devices and many distinctive visual
elements. Characters were often conflicted antiheroes, trapped in a difficult situation
and making choices out of desperation or nihilistic moral systems. Visual elements
included low-key lighting, striking use of light and shadow, and unusual camera
placement. What am I talking about here?

Neo-noir cinéma or Film noir. (French for black film).

Unlike other mammals _____ are venomous at times. Historically, they were believed to
be aggressive and cruel. Therefore a person with such dispositions was often described
as a _____. It inspired Shakespeare too. FITB

Differential
0 if everybody answers and subsequently +5 each time
the number of team diminishes by one
(A chain of missing elements where guessing one leads to the next. Total ten such blanks to identify.)

A
B C
D E
F
G H
I
J
(MAP FOR CONVENIENCE. PLS NOTE IT DOWN.)

Awas one of the foremost Buddhist thinker. He also founded a Madhyamika school of
Sunyavada or dependent origination. The theory of Sunyavada emphasizes the
conditional character of things and their constant mutability and indeterminate nature.
The conditionality of things makes their nature uncertain, either as real or unreal. There
are at least two popular mathematical propositions of this theory in modern science as
B& C….

B
The proponent of Bwas given a tribute by a character D.

The character Dtook the pseudonym which fittingly reflected the duality of his person.
To sum up one can say while Dwas meek, average and weak, in contrast the alter ego
was ruthless and shrewd.

C, was the most famous work of this Nobel Laureate but not the one to fetch him the
Nobel. Two major reasons which are often cited are – the work couldn’t be verified
conclusively and his political position.
Alfred Nobel is the connect to our next question, E …

Alfred Nobel bought a company, E, in 1894 and headed it till his death. Ewas founded
as a state owned company during the first half of 1600 and more than three centuries
later it is still in business. This company is the strange link between Nobel and F…

When Mehmood saw Fwith his brother Anwar Ali , he instantly thought of casting him
in his next, Bombay to Goa. Anwar laughed at his brother’s suggestion because
Mehmood was oblivion of the young man's background . Fstarted his reluctant career
on hope but it took a plunge as it progressed. Of the several bad decisions which marred
his life one concerning Gis considered the worst. And for all the success G’s family
bagged they should be thankful to H, a man who of the 19th century….

Anita Pratap was one fearless journalist of the 80s and 90s era. To her credit are stories
where she was the only journo (disguised as a kar-sevak) to witness the demolition of
Babri, an interview of Bal Thackeray for the TIME magazine which created controversy
and several documentaries on many untouched issues of India. But her big moment
was in 1983 when an infamous person, gave her, his first interview ever. Until then the
world knew little about him. Later she worked for CNN and also got the prestigious
George Polk award for TV reporting. She was the inspiration for a female character in a
2013 Hindi film. She was the first person to interview G…

Hassembled a vast ornithological collection in his house Rothney Castle at Jako Hill in
Shimla. But this was no Victorian gentleman's amateur passion. In 1872 he launched as
principal editor and founder Stray Feathers, A Journal of Ornithology for India and Its
Dependencies and later a lavishly illustrated three-volume, The Game Birds of India,
Burma and Ceylon. He donated his vast collection of Indian bird-skins, nests and eggs to
the British Museum of Natural History. Salim Ali, a prominent ornithologist himself, said
that he was the ‘father of Indian Ornithology’. But we know him for an entirely different
reason. I…

I is precisely 130 years old now. It was described as system by a prominent academician, J, as

Jwas an institution builder. He founded the Centre for Study of Developing Societies
(1963), a research institute which did pioneering work in the field of caste, identity and
politics. He was also one of the first presidents of People's Union for Civil Liberties and a
former Planning Commission member. He was also "one of the original three members"
of the team that laid down the outlines for establishing the Jawaharlal Nehru
University(JNU).

The character of Walter White in Breaking Bad has an alter ego “Heisenberg”

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There is a tehsil in Meerut called Sardhana. Begum Samru ruled this place once and it’s
said that her stature rose in the Mughal court gradually. People in Sardhana spoke a
local Hindi dialect and the Begum’s growing influence in the regional affairs gave new
impetus to it. Which common dialect comes from this region?

Deluded by a legend, Francisco Orellana and Gonzalo Pizarro departed from Ecuador
in 1541 in a disastrous expedition towards the Amazon Basin; they did not find any
gold or lost cities but Orellana became the first person to navigate the entire Amazon
River. What were they seeking?

An arterial dissection is a tear in the lining of an artery. When that tear happens in a
major artery in the head and neck (also known as the carotid or vertebral arteries) it can
close off blood flow to the brain. It is a rare but increasingly recognised cause of stroke
in patients younger than 45 years and can be caused either spontaneously or as the
result of a blunt trauma to the neck. There are only about 100 cases ever reported.
Name, probably, the last person to suffer such a condition.

In 1850 the United States and Great Britain negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty to
reign in rivalry over a proposed canal. The Anglo-American canal, however, never went
beyond the planning stages. The French in their attempts went bankrupt after nine
years of labor. In spite of such setbacks, American interest in a canal continued
unabated. Following heated debate over the location of the proposed canal U.S. Senate
voted in favor of a place. Within 6 months, Secretary of State John Hay signed a treaty
with Colombian Foreign Minister Tomás Herrán to build the new canal. The financial
terms were unacceptable to Colombia’s congress, and it rejected the offer. President
Roosevelt responded by dispatching U.S. warships and hence the political map of the
world changed once again. How?

Panama become a separate country

He is Yellapragada Subbarow, an Indian biochemist who
developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer. Most of
his career was spent in the United States. He lead some of
America's most important medical research during World War
II. But he made a major contribution to science by discovering
the function of a specific nucleoside claiming it to be the
"molecular unit of currency”. A popular biological acronym one
must have come across several times.

The term known to most of us from North India and very much in news these days for
the wrong reason refers to baseless gossips, gossips with no foundation. Often used to
show dominance in the group of people around. Can be taken in positive as well as
negative sense.

It is the second largest day for consumption of food and drinks for Americans behind
Thanksgiving Day. Dips and spreads are the top choice of food to eat during it, followed
by chicken wings and pizza. Americans consume estimated 50m cases of beer on this
day. Which day?

“Rory’s First Kiss”, “Oliver’s Arrow”, “Magnus Rex” and “Flora’s Letter” are all amazing
stories. Though we know these stories with different names as the above names were
used by the creator only during their making. Can you name them?

Working titles of Nolan movies like Interstellar, Inception etc. These are also
the names of kids.

The term is derived from the Latin words- many and writing. Originally used for authors
who could write on many topics, the term was applied in the 19th century to a machine
that duplicated writing. One owned by Thomas Jefferson is shown in the picture. The
same term is used nowadays for a device which records several physiological indices at
the same time. What is the device called?

The spot is named so because the first elected Premier of
the region wanted to name it after left-wing activists who
were inspired by the Russian Revolution & fought against
the Maharaja. It is often in news when the separatist
resort to violent means to make the government listen to
them.
Which square?

In 1937, when William Schultz released this product, he based it on his mother's
potpourri, with notes of rose, spice, and herbs. And while the men's version was
released a year later, it was pretty much the same. The original ladies' product was
hugely popular, but soon the men's version eclipsed it, and the branding was changed
to reflect this, with manly ships instead of flowers.

Arriving in the United States in 1924 from Russia, his first job was as a wooden toy
designer and maker. While on the job, he lost his middle finger to a saw. Using a
wooden mold, he made himself a replacement plastic finger of such craftsmanship that
even his friends did not realize his loss until long after the incident.
In 1959 he started his own business with a sport he loved. He also started making the
essential equipment required in that sport on a part time basis and gifting them to his
friends. Due to excellent quality of his product, demand for it rose among professional
players and he decided to pursue it full time. He became an innovator in this field. He
was later regarded as the “Stradivarius” of his field. It is estimated that he produced
between 1,000 and 1,200 cues during his lifetime and are considered as collections
equivalent to Rembrandts and Van Gogh’s with each piece valuing an average 50000
dollars. Also, a wider recognition came in 1986 after an onscreen reference.
Name the man.

The instrument was invented by a young Russian physicist
named Lev Sergeevich Termen in October 1920.
The instrument is unique because it is played without physical
contact. The artist stands in front of the instrument and moves
his hands in the proximity of two metal antennas. The distance
from one antenna determines frequency (pitch), and the
distance from the other controls amplitude (volume). Higher
notes are played by moving the hand closer to the pitch
antenna. Louder notes are played by moving the hand away
from the volume antenna.
Used in classical music concerts used by Orchestras though in
popular music the likes of Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and The
Beach Boys have used a slight variation in some of their songs.
The instrument?

Theremin
(a corruption of the name of its creator Termen)

This is Clare Tory whose career mainly has been as a session
singer (singing on a number of 1970s UK TV adverts) and as a
live backing vocalist for many a artists talking on her most
famous work for which she was paid the standard flat fee of
£30 for Sunday studio work “I went in, put the headphones on,
and started going 'Ooh-aah, baby, baby – yeah, yeah, yeah.'
They said, 'No, no – we don't want that. If we wanted that we'd
have got Doris Troy.' They said, 'Try some longer notes', so I
started doing that a bit. And all this time, I was getting more
familiar with the backing track. ... "That was when I thought,
'Maybe I should just pretend I'm an instrument.' So I said, 'Start
the track again.”

The voice behind The Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd

Sarriage, Garriage, Engayged have been some of the suggestions which have to failed
to catch on yet. What are these regarding?

Terms suggested for same sex marriage

In the 1500s most people would live in homes with thatched roofs, which would not be
able to stand against strong winds. So, humans for some reason didn't want their pets
shitting inside their homes and so they were always kept outside. The animals would
keep themselves warm in the little nooks in the thatching on the roofs and store their
food and porno up there for a rainy day. When an especially rainy day did come along,
the animals would either get washed off of the roof or would come leaping down
looking for better cover. This is considered as one of the stories for a popular phrase.

The major objective in embarking on this grandiose project was to provide employment
for people in the region for almost a decade while the famine lasted. It is said that
ordinary people used to work in the day building up the edifice, while noblemen and
other elite worked at night to break down anything that was raised that day. It was a
project that preceded a Keynesian like intervention for employment generation.
Which project in 18th century India?

Sir Ian Mckellan in his much talked about next role as _________?

On June 7th 1989 an airplane carrying the Kleurrijk Elftal ('Colourful Team'), a special
team of Dutch-Surinamese footballers, crashed into the jungle near Paramaribo's
Zanderij Airport. There were few survivors and 178 people died, including Ajax's
reserve goalkeeper, Lloyd Doesburg. Several other Dutch Eredivisie players and
coaches were also killed. During the 1994 World Cup a bomb threat was phoned in on
a plane by a journalist who was late for the flight. This incident along with the 1989
incident led to something in the world of sports. What?

Both these contributed to Dennis Bergkamp’s fear of flying and
hence he came to be known as the non-flying Dutchman

It was coined by the shadow Ministry of Information at some point between 27 June
and 6 July 1939 a series of three posters that would be issued in the event of war. The
other two read –
‘Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution; Will Bring Us Victory’ and
‘Freedom is in Peril; Defend it with all Your Might’.
While the third was never officially issued and only a very small number of originals
have survived to the present day. Reportedly they were burnt once the war ended.
Give the funda of the poster.

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